<p>Seriously, this has been so indoctrinated into me. Initially, I was a much freer writer who enjoyed expressing myself. Come 7th and 8th grade, the formulaic writing began. Able to tolerate it, I came to high school, where formulaic writing is the ONLY way to go for us. I really struggled intially with formulaic writing so much. I was forcing the square cube into the circle hole! Finally, I was able to master it, so much so that now, it seems all my school writing is emotionless, 5-paragraph, concrete detail + 2 commentary junk! Everything reads like a research paper!</p>
<p>Now, come junior year, the AP English teacher is actually really cool, and he HATES formulaic writing. Now I’m trying to smash the circle block into the square hole! I absolutely BOMBED the timed writing today. It was literally the worst thing I had ever written. Plus, I would really like to go back to my old writing mindset, which was way better!</p>
<p>Any tips?</p>